14 Jan Visual data: The words China censors

Posted at 23:08h in Civil Liberties, Media, Technology by

In response to Google’s dramatic announcement that it is reconsidering its presence in China  after a series of disquieting acts of censorship and sabatage, the Information is Beautiful website produced this clever graphic of word searches and websites blocked in China:

Words China censors-c

Incidentally, China hand James Fallows, whose Atlantic Magazine blog has interesting and measured posts on the Google announcement here and here, tells me that publishing a list of the banned words is itself a crime in China.